Repair of spina bifida aperta with percutaneous minimal invasive fetoscopic method: first two cases in Turkey

Objective: To present with various experimental and clinical studies that the prenatal repair of spina bifida aperta by performing open fetal surgery provides better neurological results than postnatal repair. By starting to report clinical series after experimental studies on the repair of spina bifida aperta by endoscopic fetal surgery gives hope for the decrease of maternal complications. Case: We aimed to discuss, in the light of literature, the early period neurological results of fetuses and our experience on two cases who were diagnosed at 21 weeks of gestation and undergone the repair of intrauterine spina bifida aperta by endoscopic method at 26 weeks of gestation. Conclusion: We believe that maintaining experimental studies and sharing clinical experience on fetal surgery, which began to be an option in standard treatment algorithms for selected cases in the USA and Europe in the last decade, are of vital importance in terms of obtaining lower complication rates and better results.